Bible History

Christian 'bias' in the NT Writers

Does it render the NT unreliable or inadmissible as evidence? [Answers]] [New Testament Studies] [Bible History]...

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Was First Clement aware of the NT materials?

esp. written copies of them? [Answers]] [Church History] [Bible History]...

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On the parting of the Red Sea

[Answers] [Bible History]...

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Voice of the Shuttle: Philosophy Page

"- General Philosophy Resources "- Philosophical Fields "- Modern Philosophical Movements "- Philosophers & Works "- Other Philosophy Sites & Projects "- Philosophy Journals "- Philosophy Listservs & Newsgroups "- Course Syllabi "- Departments, Programs, Associations, Jobs "- Philosophy Conferences [Philosophy]...

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Ravi Zacharias International Ministries

In a generation not unlike ours, Jesus declared, "You will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." Throughout history the message of Christ has faced significant challenges from other worldviews, from the academy, and from culture. And understandably so, for Jesus claimed to be unique in every way. Is a message so exclusive plausible? We...

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Divisions and Organization of the Text (Chapters and Verses)

When and where were they put in? [NT Studies]...

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A brief note about the Documentary Hypothesis...

"The evidence presented here points to the following conclusion: there is much more uniformity and much less fragmentation in the book of Genesis than generally assumed. The standard division of Genesis into J, E, and P strands should be discarded. This method of source criticism is a method of an earlier age, predominantly of the 19th century. If ...

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Issue of Borrowing

One issue that typically arises in a study of the writing and transmission of the OT 'core' material, is that of 'borrowing'. This issue concerns to what extent the OT writers 'borrowed' ideas, theology, laws, religious practices from their 'pagan' neighbors, maybe even to the point of being dependent on those pagan ideas. There are those who claim...

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General Information about the Book of Genesis

Genesis, the first book of the Old Testament in the Bible, is so named because it opens with an account of the creation of the world. The first 11 chapters, which are heavily indebted to Mesopotamian tradition, trace the gradual expansion of humankind and the development of human culture. But they show the ambiguity of this development by incorpora...

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A brief note about the Documentary Hypothesis...

"The evidence presented here points to the following conclusion: there is much more uniformity and much less fragmentation in the book of Genesis than generally assumed. The standard division of Genesis into J, E, and P strands should be discarded. This method of source criticism is a method of an earlier age, predominantly of the 19th century. If ...

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